CineVegas Announces ’09 Lineup, Closes with ‘World’s Greatest Dad’

The folks at CineVegas have officially announced their 2009 film lineup for their 11th annual engagement, set to run from June 10-15, 2009. Among the selections are some awesome Sundance and SXSW graduates, including Duncan Jones’ Moon, Mark Webb’s lovely romantic comedy 500 Days of Summer, Scott Sanders’ awesome blaxploitation parody Black Dynamite, Lynn Shelton’s awkward but super-fun comedy Humpday and Max Mayer’s very sweet Sundance darling Adam, starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne. The festival will close with a screening of Bobcat Goldthwait’s World’s Greatest Dad, my absolute favorite film from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. If you didn’t get a chance to hit Sundance or SXSW this year, CineVegas should definitely be on your agenda as it has scored many of the best films from both festivals.

The festival will also feature a round of screenings in what they call the “Area 52″ section, an underground collection of cult and midnight movies that will break up some of the regular festival fare. Among these screenings will be a big screen presentation of the 1958 Nathan Juran film Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, which is sure to be a treat. That alone has me thinking about buying a ticket to Vegas.

Check out the fest’s entire film listing below and head over to CineVegas.com for more information.

World’s Greatest Dad (USA, 2009)
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Cast: Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, Alexie Gilmore, Tom Kenny, Geoffrey Pierson, Henry Simmons, Toby Huss
After a freak accident, Lance (Robin Williams) suddenly faces both the worst tragedy of his life, and the greatest opportunity. Determined to make lemonade from life’s lemons, Lance treads a path that could land him everything he’s ever dreamed of, as long as he can live with the knowledge of how he got there.

JACKPOT PREMIERES
A collection of highly anticipated world premieres

Asylum Seekers (USA, 2008)
Director: Rania Ajami
Cast: Pepper Binkley, Bill Dawes, Judith Hawking, Daniel Irizarry, Stella Maeve, Camille O’Sullivan, Lee Wilkof
Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one.

Daylight (USA, 2009)
Director: David Barker
Cast: Alexandra Meierhans, Michael Godere, Aidan Redmond, Ivan Martin
When pregnant newlywed Irene is violently taken hostage, she confronts the truth about her marriage – and finds a state of unexpected grace – in her fight to survive.

Etienne! (USA, 2009)
Director: Jeff Mizushima
Cast: Richard Vallejos, Megan Harvey, Caveh Zahedi, Rachel Stolte, Solon Bixler
After Richard’s best and only friend, a dwarf hamster named Etienne, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decides to take his pocket pet on a bicycle road trip up the California coast to show it the world before he must put it to sleep.

Mercy (USA, 2008)
Director: Patrick Hoelck
Cast: Scott Caan, Wendy Glenn, Troy Garity, Erika Christensen, Alexie Gilmore and John Boyd, with Dylan McDermott and James Caan
A successful but cynical young writer writes about love but does not really believe in it until he meets Mercy, who turns his world upside down.

Patriotville (USA, 2008)
Director: Talmage Cooley
Cast: Justin Long, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rob Corddry, Keir O’Donnell, Missi Pyle
An idealistic museum manager and a beautiful troublemaker go to war with a corrupt mayor to stop a casino from being built on their town’s “historic” battlefield.

All In (USA, 2009)
World Premiere
Director: Douglas Tirola
Cast: Matt Damon, Frank DeFord, Annie Duke, Ira Glass, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Phil Hellmuth, Howard Lederer, James McManus, Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Tilly
Tells the story of poker focusing on why one of our nation’s oldest games has had a renaissance in the past decade and why for so many people poker is a way to chase the American Dream.

Sea of Darkness (USA, 2009)
World Premiere
Director: Michael Oblowitz
Cast: Martin Daly, Peter McCabe, Jeff Chitty, Shaun Thompson, Kelly Slater, Greg Noll, Bruce Raymond, Bob McKnight, Rory Russel
A modern day pirate tale of exploration, adventure, and the discovery of jungle surf spots off the remote Indonesian coastline in the 1970s. The film also explores the smuggling missions that funded these journeys of discovery and the terrifying price some of these men paid for their passion.

DIAMOND DISCOVERIES
The best new independent films available for U.S. distribution

Harmony And Me (USA, 2009)
Director: Robert Byington
Cast: Kristen Tucker, Justin Rice, Alex Karpovsky, Pat Healy, Suzy Nakamura, Bob Schneider, Nick Offerman, Kevin Corrigan, Robert Byington, Allison Latta
When Harmony gets dumped he’s supposed to do a lot of things –be sad, date other girls, have flings. Instead he falls into a funk that shows no signs of lifting for most of a year.

Palermo Shooting (Germany, 2008)
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Campino, Dennis Hopper, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Lou Reed
As a successful photographer of worldwide renown, Finn leads a life that is as prominent as it is hectic. But when his life suddenly spins out of control, he takes off and leaves everything behind.

Vegas: Based on a True Story (USA, 2008)
Director: Amir Naderi
Cast: Mark Greenfield, Alexis Hart, Nancy La Scala, Zach Thomas, Walt Turner, Benjamin Weil
In a town that breeds obsession, the dream of home turns into a family’s nightmare.

Adam (USA, 2009)
Director: Max Mayer
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison
Heartfelt romantic comedy, starring Hugh Dancy as Adam, a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence – until he meets his new neighbor, Beth, a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results.

Black Dynamite (USA, 2008)
Director: Scott Sanders
Cast: Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Arsenio Hall, Byron Minns, Kym Whitley
When “The Man” murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.

The Headless Woman (Argentina, 2008)
Director: Lucrecia Martel
Cast: María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, Inés Efron, Daniel Genoud, César Bordón, Guillermo Arengo
In the days following a jarring car accident, a woman is dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life.

In the Loop (UK, 2008)
Director: Armando Iannucci
Cast: Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, David Rashe, Gina McKee, Chris Addison, Anna Chulmsky, Mimi Kennedy
The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing.

AREA 52
An underground collection of cult and midnight movies for the most hardcore fans

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (USA, 1958)
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon, George Douglas, Ken Terrell, Otto Waldis, Eileen Stevens, Michael Ross, Frank Chase
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after cheating husband with revenge on her mind. The film will be presented in an outdoor drive-in theater in downtown Las Vegas.

Impolex (USA, 2009)
Director: Alex Perry
Cast: Riley O’Bryan
At the end of WWII, the United States sent soldiers across Europe to locate and retrieve the rockets and rocket science that Germany perfected before losing the war. Impolex is the story of one soldier and his mission to find the last two undetonated German rockets.

The Revenant (USA, 2009)
World Premiere
Director: Kerry Prior
Cast: Chris Wylde, David Anders, Louise Griffiths, Jacy King
A Satirical treatise on friendship, regret, and the nature of evil under the guise of a rootin’-tootin’ vampire buddy movie.

Watts and Volts from Across the Field
Director: Brent Green
A collection of films with live music from animator Brent Green and friends.

NEVADA FILMMAKING FEATURE
Feature produced in Nevada by a local filmmaker

Thor at the Bus Stop (USA, 2008)
World Premiere
Director: Jerry Thompson
Cast: Mike Thompson, Jerry Thompson
Comedy about the mythical Thor, who is making his final journey through a suburban neighborhood on the day he knows he is going to die fighting a giant serpent to save the world.

NEVADA FILMMAKING SHORTS
Short films produced in Nevada or by local filmmakers

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